The series revival, which started last month in the US, will screen Monday nights from May 15.

It returned to 3.8m viewers and mixed reviews.

Prison Break returns with a new event series, as the original stars reunite to break out one of their own.

It has been seven years since Michael broke his brother Lincoln out of prison for a murder he did not commit. With Michael presumed dead ever since the escape, it comes as a shock when Lincoln learns that his brother could still be alive and embarks upon a treacherous quest to find him.

Lincoln’s investigation leads him to one of the hardest prisons in the world, in the centre of war-torn Yemen. Trading his United States passport in exchange for his brother’s whereabouts, Lincoln is risking it all. But with hitmen chasing him and Michael’s widow back in the US, Lincoln better act quickly.